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Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 5/25/1999

Commonwealth v. Allen

Citations

  • 732 A.2d 582
  • 557 Pa. 135
  • 1999 Pa. LEXIS 1603

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  • stating that a court may consider the totality of the circumstances to determine the defendant’s actual knowledge of the implications and rights associated with a guilty plea
  • rejecting per se approach and holding that trial court should determine defendant’s actual knowledge in guilty plea colloquy context by looking at totality of circumstances to distinguish whether plea was voluntarily, knowingly, and intelligently made
  • rejecting per se approach and holding that trial court should determine defendant's actual knowledge in guilty plea colloquy context by looking at totality of circumstances to distinguish whether plea was voluntarily, knowingly, and intelligently made
  • rejecting per se approach and holding that trial court should determine defendant’s actual knowledge in guilty plea colloquy context by looking at totality of circumstances to distinguish whether plea was voluntarily, knowingly, and intelligently made
  • rejecting per se approach and holding that trial court should determine defendant's actual knowledge in guilty plea colloquy context by looking at totality of circumstances to distinguish whether plea was voluntarily, knowingly, and intelligently made
  • defendant could not claim ignorance that sentences could be imposed consecutively; despite oral colloquy’s omission regarding consecutive sentencing, record contained documents establishing defendant’s awareness

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Judges: Flaherty, Zappala, Cappy, Castille, Nigro, Newman, Saylor

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